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Slavery, archaeology and the politics of analogy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

Jane Webster
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Each of the four discussants of my paper has offered constructive comment on specific points of detail in the piece. I am grateful for their insights, and for their consensus that the time has come to break down the disciplinary restraints that inhibit interdisciplinary cooperation in the study of slavery (and much else). In terms of my central focus on the potentials and pitfalls of a comparative archaeology of Roman slavery, however, I gained most from placing these commentaries side by side and reflecting on them as a group. That is also what I plan to do here.

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Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , December 2008 , pp. 139 - 149
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